Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-07

Washington poured all of its population out
upon Pennsylvania avenue last evening to give
| ex-Goy. Alex. X, Shepherd welcome back to his
old home such as has never been accorded here to
| any private citizen The demonstration was
most satisfactory in every respect to the citizens
In charge OF the arrangements, and must have
been most gratifying 10 the distinguished gentle
man in whose honor it was arranged. The night
was lovely one, the moon rising early to aid in
| the general Illumination, and the temperature be-
Ing so mild as 10 invite one out OF doors. Thou
sands OF people-men, women, and children
Swarmed into the brilliantly Illuminated Avenue.
OF course the greatest crush was in the vicn-
ity OF 18th street, where ex-Gov. Shepherd
stood on the reviewing stand. The head OF the
| procession that formed at New Jersey and Massa-
| chuSettS avenues reached the reviewing stand q
little after o'clock, and occupied about one hour
In passing. While 1t was passing fireworks were
playing from many points, and helped to make
one of the most effective and impressive scenes
| ever witnessed on the Avenue Ex-Gov Shepherd
| stood on the reviewing stand, with head uncov-
ered and responded heartily the passing salutes
OF the marching men. When the procession had
passed, the space in front OF the stand as far as
the eye could see was filed with a multitude Of
! people, who cheered and cheered for ex-Gov Shep-
herd Mr.. shepherd was obliged to respond to this
! popular demonstration with speech. Then, the
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was ever for the evening; but 1t was nearly mid
night before the crowds had left the Avenue
| The Procession.
Soon after dark the open spaces about the inter-
| section OF Massachusetts and New jersey avenues
| gave evidence OF the coming demonstration.
| Bodies OF men began assembling Wagons were
| on the ground distributing torches, and soon the
| scene was Illuminated here and there by torches
and transparenc1es, which impatient men had
odd dpd hrilt
about the rendezvous. many OF the torches lighted
so long In advance, burned themselves out before
their bearers had traversed the line OF march
Besides the military and other organizations TAX
Ing part In the procession thousands spectators
crowded about the place OF rendezvous The
scene was an interesting one over the heads OF
the crowd one could see mounted marshals with
their white SasheS charging about. In one direc-
tl9n the aaEe Of dozen TORCHES would reveal the
ing at rest Occasionally some one would light q
quantity Of red fire. which would illuminate the
succeeding darkness seemed intense, and there
was nothing TO be seen but multitude of dark
the arrangements welt in hand, and the line was
formed without confusion.
THE START.
The signal to start was given about quarter
| past O'Clock, the music struck up and the
procession was soon moving over the route pce.
scriOed. platoon Of twenty mounted police
| under Lieut.. Redway went forward to clear the
| way. Some distance ahead OF the main process
sion rode the wheelmen, and behind them came
| drawn by fifty uniformed employees OF the Adams
EXPRESS Company. marshaled by superintendent
j. p. d. Phelps Then came the main line At
| the head rode the grand marshal, VIM Dickson
who had as his aids Brig. Gen. Albert Ordway,
Lieut. Col; John Bgelow, Jr.; Major Henry l.
Capt: E. B. Townsend, John F. Ancona, Frank Xxx. K.
wormley, J. A Windsor, Henry B. Polkinhorn.
Thos. L Cropley, Jos: w: Walsh, G. R. Tompkins,
Robert Eeb NJ afe Mad4 W %
F. NJ Draney, Edmund c. Blunt. Gen. T. +
Crittenden, Col. Geo. A. Armes, Thos. W. Buckley,
! John f. Waggaman, W. II. Smith, E. w. Anderson
| Frank McCleary, Capt Frank Palmer j. j. vii,
marth, Capt. VIM. j. Gary, and Philip II. Christ
man.
| The marshal and his aids were all well mounted.
They wore dark clothing, with high silk hats,
white silk SaSheS and tan-cOlOred gloves. Grand
Marshal Dickson carried LasSeled baton.
| THE FIRST DIVISION.
This division was OF unusual interest as IL com.
prised the District militia which turned out last
night for the first time since its organization The
| battalions were not ordered out but turned out
voluntarily 70 take part in the popular demOnstra-
/ ton to ex-Goy. shepherd The appearance of the
| different bodies attracted much notice The
Washington Light Infantry Corps, the National
Rifles, and other favOrte organizations were freely
| applauded as they marched up the avenue The
first battalion OF the first division led by the
| Marine Band and drum corps, OF sixty-two pieces
| under the leadership Oi Prof. SouSa.
inc Si.sr .,em came CO. w, WI" g. Moore command
| fantry. Company \, was led by Capt W. ~ Dali
ton; company b, by Capt. Ross; Company c, by
Capt. EniH1sle. and capt. j. S. Miller commanded
| company ID. The Three remaining companies were
capfalned by the nrst lieutenants OF three OF the
| regular companies, namely, LieutS j. g. COwie
| W. l. Cash and c. Ii. Ourand The Corps. with its
handsome uniforms and fine marching, received as
1 nslai many many, commitments n, The Putnam Phaanx
| heading Three companies of the PhalanX under
the command OF MAJ Joseph Warner, With Capts
Phaldnx are fine looking body OF men. They
Wore their ful-dress Uniform, which is an exact
copy or that worn b. the Continental army in
George WashingtOn's time.
Behind the Phalanx, heading the second bat
TALON, were thlrty-iive men OF the First Company
OF the nlon Veteran Corps Captain N. z. rrell
LIST Lieut.. Fred Thomson, marching steadily along
with the precise step OF veterans and followed by
,ne IN e, custer , G1ard twenty-five men, commanded
,, The washington Continentals, Captain W. W.
Mills and lst Lieut.. c. Ludwig, were the next In
line at the head OF the third battalion. They pre-
| sented an almost exact counterpart OF the Pha-
lanx their uniforms being in the Continental style
Then came stagart Captain W. b. Murphy,
with LIST Lieut.. J. II: Kelly leading fortytwO mem.
| well together ami were frequently greeted with
cheers from their friends along the line Of march.
| captain w. H. Posten had forty five members OF
! the Columbia Rifles In line, and for the sake OF
| convenience they were divided into two platOons
under under lst neqteDants w Z: Beagle and T. o'Neal.
men, ofncered by Captain j. j. Costinett and LIST
Lieut.; J. Kelly. Although this was their first
| paraue their marching step was even and kept
perfect time 10 the music OF the band In front.
In the fourth battalion the Corcoran Cadets took
| the lead with nifty members, under the command
or Capt. L. f. Edwards; iirst lieutenant, c. r.
Daiy; second lieutenant, b. Ii. Monroe; sefgeants,
| W. +. Morrow, c. A. Meyer and r. s Duyall: cor
porais {. w GWynne, q. Won Dachenhausen G.
w Graves, q. Mcintosh, s. kinsinger and w.
BeyanS. "
FoiIowlng the Cadets was the National Fenci-
| pies, THIS being the first parade In which they
nave participated. They Wore the uniform OF the
| National Guard. They had forty men in line un-
| der pit. CndS. :. Dotner; first lieutenant Lee s.
| Mosher; second lieutenant, i. A, TomlinsOn: ser
geaDts, W. VI. Walker, j. l. Betz and R a. Rice
Next ioliowed The Cleveland Cadets, under COM
manu- vi capt Neal with thirteen members. The
members OF this corps are small boys whose ages
range from eleven to sixteen years They wore
blue trousers ana white flannel shirts and were
cheered al along the line. They belong In West
Washington.
The Nth battalion was lead by the washington
Cadet Corps four companies, with lOl men under